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The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, and then intelligently asking why they did so.

Thomas Troward

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Thomas Troward
Age: 69 †
Born: 1847
Born: January 1
Died: 1916
Died: January 1
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